Enlarge / Ecuadorian police tweeted this picture of officials investigating a drive mailed to a journalist in Guayaquil. reader comments 121 with Share this story It’s no secret that USB flash drives, as small and unremarkable as they may look, can be turned into agents of chaos. Over the years, we’ve seen them used to… Read More: Journalist plugs in unknown USB drive mailed to him—it exploded… »
DEATH STRIKES: THE EMPEROR OF ATLANTIS is a timely and timeless original graphic novel by EFF journalist Dave Maass and artist Patrick Lay, based on a suppressed opera written by two concentration camp prisoners. In 1943 Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann, two prisoners at Hitler’s Terezín concentration camp in Czechoslovakia, created a gripping one-act opera. They… Read More: Berger Books and Dark Horse Comics Present DEATH STRIKES: THE… »
Welcome back to Forgotten Gems, my column about games that have faded but shouldn’t be forgotten. Last time, I took at a look at the unexpected return of one of Square’s most unique 16-bit RPGs, Live a Live. While there may be no happy ending this time, hopefully you’ll still enjoy this look back at… Read More: Life and Death of the Mystical Ninja »
Enlarge / An Adobe Firefly AI image generator example. reader comments 125 with Share this story On Tuesday, Adobe unveiled Firefly, its new AI image synthesis generator. Unlike other AI art models such as Stable Diffusion and DALL-E, Adobe says its Firefly engine, which can generate new images from text descriptions, has been trained solely… Read More: Ethical AI art generation? Adobe Firefly may be the answer. »
When Miles Tost moved from The Witcher 3 to Cyberpunk 2077 in 2016, he soon realized that he was dealing with a unique challenge. Despite both being RPGs, the two “couldn’t be more different,” with CD Projekt aiming to make a “gigantic leap forward” in terms of the freedom that Cyberpunk 2077 offered with gameplay.… Read More: What Cyberpunk 2077’s Design Got Wrong, According to One of… »
Enlarge / Windows 10 and 11 have their own version of the Acropalypse screenshot editing bug. acropalypse.app/Andrew Cunningham reader comments 42 with Share this story Earlier this week, programmer and “accidental security researcher” Simon Aarons disclosed a bug in Google’s Markup screenshot editing tool for its Pixel phones. Dubbed “acropalypse,” the bug allows content you’ve… Read More: “Acropalypse” Android screenshot bug turns into a 0-day Windows vulnerability »
Teammates turned foes on Tuesday night when Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout — ever-presents in the Angels starting lineup — faced off under the lights. The stakes were, unsurprisingly, major: the ninth inning of the World Baseball Classic championship game. And with the title on the line, both sides turned to their titans. It was… Read More: Shohei Ohtani vs. Mike Trout: How Japanese star struck out… »
You know, sometimes you should never look a gift horse in the mouth. Take comic books for example, loads of fans clamour for new stuff and then complain that “this isn’t my [insert character name] or “its not as good as [insert creator run]. Somewhere along the line, when it comes to Zenescope books, I… Read More: Review: Belle From Beyond #1 One-Shot »
Gold Key Entertainment, LLC, in partnership with the Boris Karloff Estate, announces its first title – “Boris Karloff’s Gold Key Mysteries.” Kickstarter campaign to launch MARCH 28, 2023 Boris Karloff’s Gold Key Mysteries is coming! The new series blends the feel of the classic horror anthology with a modern, ongoing narrative in a way that is sure… Read More: GOLD KEY COMICS TO PUBLISH FIRST NEW TITLE IN NEARLY… »
FALL OF X is coming, and as the X-Men brace themselves for the dark road ahead, they’ll also find strength in mutantkind’s new ally: Iron Man! Writer Gerry Duggan, currently helming the X-MEN and INVINCIBLE IRON MAN ongoing series, will weave together and feature essential stories in both titles that will impact the X-Men’s upcoming… Read More: UPCOMING ISSUES OF X-MEN AND INVINCIBLE IRON MAN PAVE THE… »